Ludhiana: A pregnant woman on the way to the civil hospital with her husband in an e-rickshaw, delivered a baby in the vehicle. They were near Fountain Chowk when the delivery took place. Health officials said that both mother and child, a girl, are doing fine. The woman’s husband, Ratnesh Kumar, a resident of Chand Colony in Haibowal, said that when he came home from work, his wife, Manju Devi, told him that she was having labour pain. He said that they immediately left for the civil hospital in an e-rickshaw but his wife delivered the baby on the way. Hospital authorities later admitted the mother and child in the maternity ward. Ratnesh said that this was their fifth child. The mother and child were discharged on Monday afternoon. Dr Neha Goyal, a gynaecologist at MCH, said that the woman was brought to the hospital at 10pm after delivery. The mother and baby were given antibiotics before being discharged from the hospital at around 1pm on Monday. Dr Goyal added that it was normal for the woman to deliver the baby in the e-rickshaw as she had had four deliveries earlier.On October 9 last year, a woman delivered a baby girl while on her way to the civil hospital in an e-rickshaw. Poonam from Kuldeep Nagar, Basti Jodhewal, started experiencing labour pains at 10.30pm, after which her husband, Shatrughan, took her to the hospital in an e-rickshaw, but she reportedly delivered on the way. MSID:: 122816638 413 |
